Captive breeding last hope for rhinos


Sumatran rhino numbers have plunged so low that if captive breeding is not done now, the species might well tip over the brink.

SHE has difficulty moving and hobbles pitifully around her enclosure in a special sanctuary in Sabah. Her left forefoot is just a stump – it was caught in a snare when she was a calf. So they named her Puntung, Malay for “stump”.

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